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News | April 2024

Obituary for Gerhard Thumm

Gerhard Thumm died at the end of February 2024 at the age of 72. He held various responsible positions at TK Elevator from 1976 to 2018.

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News | April 2024

Grabmayer moves to Safeline

Martin Grabmayer has been responsible as sales manager at Safeline for the launch and distribution of monitoring systems and cloud-based maintenance tools for lifts companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since March 2024.

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News | April 2024

Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs

Assa Abloy has sold its lift maintenance business Paca ascenseur (Paca) in France to Kone. With this acquisition, Kone intends to strengthen its local presence in the region.

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News | April 2024

Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer

Gero Neumeier is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group. He has been appointed with effect from 1 April 2024. Neumeier succeeds Bob Rajan, who served as interim CFO of the company.

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News | April 2024

Partners for smart lift doors

Cedes and Langer & Laumann have agreed on a partnership. Cedes is a global leader in lift door safeguarding, Langer & Laumann provides solutions in the field of door drives on the European market.

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News | April 2024

Schickor transfers his company

Horst Schickor, owner and managing director of SBR Aufzugtechnik GmbH, transferred his company shares to Benjamin Reining, Wilhelm Bromkamp and Marc George at the end of 2023.

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News | April 2024

Ziehl-Abegg reports record year

Ziehl-Abegg has completed the most successful year in its company history. The manufacturer’s turnover increased by 9.5 percent to 955 million euros.

News | April 2024

Efficient and secure wiring of lift doors

The range of use of electric and digital components has been widening for years. The replacement of mechanical components by electrical measurement, control and switching systems is also becoming increasingly frequent in lift building.

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News | April 2024

Heavy Duty Escalator Design and Manufacturing

The manufacturing of escalators used in highly frequented areas such as subways needs to be based on more specific conditions.

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Obituary for Gerhard Thumm

Grabmayer moves to Safeline

Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs

Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer

Partners for smart lift doors

Schickor transfers his company

Ziehl-Abegg reports record year

Efficient and secure wiring of lift doors

Heavy Duty Escalator Design and Manufacturing